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Volcán Santo Tomás · 3,542 m · 31 km W
Lake · Sololá Department

Lago de Atitlán

1,556 m5,105 ft
Area
125 km²
Max depth
325 m
Tonight
17°CCloudy · Wind 10 km/h NE

Lago de Atitlán is a lake at 1,556 m above sea level in Sololá Department, Guatemala, 125 km² in area and 19.0 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,556 m
Length
19.0 km
Shoreline
92.3 km
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Lake

Lago de Atitlán in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

19.0 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
92.3 km
3D map

Lago de Atitlán 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lago de Atitlán terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lago de Atitlán elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lago de Atitlán weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 17°C (63°F) · Wind 10 km/h NE

Lago de Atitlán forecast for about 1,556 m.

  • Tonight17°–10 km/h NE
  • Sat16°24°3.1 mm13 km/h SE
  • Sun15°24°1.1 mm11 km/h NE
  • Mon15°23°2.7 mm9 km/h NE
  • Tue17°23°0.2 mm10 km/h S
  • Wed17°23°1.0 mm6 km/h N
  • Thu15°24°1.1 mm7 km/h N
  • Fri16°22°3.6 mm9 km/h S
  • Sat15°24°0.1 mm7 km/h N
  • Sun17°24°0.3 mm8 km/h N

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lago de Atitlán

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lago de Atitlán, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking6.0 km NE
Parking6.1 km NE
Parking6.1 km NE
Pierre’s placeCampsite6.5 km NE
Entrada al volcán AtitlánTrailhead7.3 km SSW
Hut7.5 km W
Campsite7.9 km NW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 55% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
54.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
24.7%
Steep, 30–45°
18.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
1.9%
Steeper than 30°
20.5% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
2,524 m low point 1,009 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 57.9%Water 31.2%Grassland 4.9%Cropland 2.5%Built-up 2.5%Shrubland 1.0%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 1,443 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Indigo milk cap223
  • Great-tailed Grackle149
  • American Coot128
  • Zebra Longwing97
  • Clay-colored Thrush84
  • Mexican Longwing84
Where it sits

Where Lago de Atitlán sits

Region
Sololá Department4Guatemala16North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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Lago de Atitlán downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-04-13)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia